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The VMC survey and the SFH of some Local Group Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2006

Maria-Rosa L. Cioni
Maria-Rosa L. Cioni*
Affiliation:
SUPA, School of Physics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3HJ, UK email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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The Ks-band magnitude distribution of carbon-rich and oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch stars within Local Group galaxies like the Magellanic Clouds, NGC 6822, M33 and SagDIG is easily obtained from ground-based observations. Appropriate stellar evolutionary models covering a range of metallicities and star formation rates are used to produce theoretical distributions that allow us to derive the history of star formation across these galaxies. I will show the result of these studies and discuss the application of this technique to more distant systems as well as deeper observations, like those that VISTA will provide, to improve our understanding of, in particular, the Magellanic Clouds.

Keywords

Surveysinfrared: starsstars: late-typegalaxies: Local Group
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S241: Stellar Populations as Building Blocks of Galaxies , December 2006 , pp. 300 - 304
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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